THIS MORNING IT WAS REVEALED THAT
FREEDOM OF THE PRESS IN THE US TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF A BEATING
OVER THE NIGHT.
THE LONG-STANDING TRADITION OF
ALLOWING FREE ACCESS OF THE
MEDIA TO CONDUCT INTERVIEWS OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS WAS SHUT
DOWN.
TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THE SPECIAL PERMISSION LOOK LIKE.
HER MOTHER, THEIR FATHER, GRANDMOTHER ñ
THAT IS AN ISSUE.
YOU MIGHT THINK I DON'T CARE IF THE MEDIA
GETS INTERVIEWS.
THAT'S FINE, BUT THIS WILL ALLOW SENATORS AND
CONGRESSPEOPLE TO EVADE ANY SORT OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT THEY
DO.
WE ALREADY KNOW THEY ARE NOT DOING TOWN HALLS.SOMETIMES
AMBUSHING THEM IN A HALLWAY IS THE ONLY WAY WE MAKE CLEAR WHAT
THEY STAND FOR AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING AND MAKE SURE THERE IS
SOME SORT OF CULPABILITY FOR WHAT THEY HAVE DONE.
IT GOT EVEN
DARKER DURING THE DAY.
REPORTERS WERE CALLING IN TO FIND OUT WHY
THEY WERE DOING THIS.
LET'S LOOK
AT THIS TWEET.
THE WASHINGTON POST HAD A REPORTER WHO WAS ALSO
HUNG UP ON.
THANKFULLY THERE WAS IMMEDIATELY MASSIVE PUSHBACK
FROM A LOT OF POLITICIANS, ALMOST UNIVERSALLY ON
THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE.
THANKFULLY THEY HAVE DECIDED TO REVERSE
THAT RULES CHANGE.
SO THEY BOWED TO THE PRESSURE.
IT LOOKS LIKE THEY DID.
I LIKE MAKING COMPARISONS LIKE THIS BECAUSE IT HAS ALREADY
BEEN TURNED ON THEIR HEAD THAT WE FORGOT TO THESE GUYS WORK
FOR.
IN A WAY WE ARE THEIR BOSS.
WE AT LEAST HAVE TO KNOW WHAT
THE HELL THEY ARE DOING.
IT IS
JUST THE WAY IT
WORKS IN THE REAL WORLD.
YOU CAN'T SAY NOBODY GETS TO MONITOR
WHAT I AM DOING AFTER YOU HIRED
ME.
EXACTLY.
THESE PEOPLE HAVE INCREDIBLE POWER TO INFLUENCE
OUR COUNTRY AND THE WORLD.
THE IDEA THAT THEY ARE GOING TO
REDUCE TRANSPARENCY ñ WE HAVE BEEN CLEAR THAT DONALD TRUMP
HATES THE MEDIA AND WANTS TO DO WHAT HE CAN TO CHANGE LIBEL
LAWS.
BUT THIS WAS SENATE REPUBLICANS TRYING TO MAKE THIS
CHANGE.
THINK ABOUT THE BIG VOTES THEY WILL TAKE IN THE NEAR
FUTURE WHEN THEY VOTE ON TRUMP
CARE AND STEEL HEALTH INSURANCE FROM AMERICANS.
THEY DO NOT WANT
A CAMERA IN THEIR FACE AFTER
THEY CUT TAXES FOR CORPORATE AMERICA.